inhabit

What it means

1. transitiveTo live or reside in.

   The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.

   1 more example

   O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

   1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer

   Synonyms: bedwell, abide, bedwell, belive, dwell, haunt, live, occupy

2. transitiveTo be present in.

   Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

   Synonyms: occupy

In a sentence

The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.

Where it comes from

1. Latininhabitāre
2. Old Frenchenhabiter
3. Englishinhabit

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre (in + habitāre).